Feed costs likely to rise by another €100 a tonne as prices reach 'incredible' levels

Roy Gallie, chairman of the Irish Farmers’ Association pig committee, said that pig farmers “are on the road to bankruptcy”.
Over the last five years, 24% of Ireland's maize imports came from Ukraine.

Over the last five years, 24% of Ireland's maize imports came from Ukraine.

Animal feed prices have increased by more than €100 per tonne in recent months, but increases of potentially €100 more are necessary, according to the Irish Grain and Feed Association's (IGFA) latest market report.

With feed prices already at unaffordable levels for pig and poultry farmers and feed companies, grain assemblers, in turn, are already unwilling to buy ingredients forward in large amounts.

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